Karnataka MP Sumalatha Ambareesh with veteran BJP chief BS Yediyurappa. (Picture: X)
The Impartial MP from Karnataka’s Mandya addressed her supporters on Wednesday, days after being denied a BJP ticket
Actress-turned-politician Sumalatha Ambareesh, who’s an Impartial sitting MP from Karnataka’s Mandya, on Wednesday mentioned she wouldn’t contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections however be a part of the BJP on April 6 and proceed to assist the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP). She additionally talked about Congress’ lack of respect for her.
The Impartial MP addressed her supporters on Wednesday, days after being denied a BJP ticket.
In her emotional speech, Ambareesh thanked her supporters for serving to her safe a historic victory from Mandya within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and mentioned she had determined to not contest within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections however assist the BJP, a celebration that supported her in 2019 Lok Sabha polls. She additionally supported the BJP within the 2023 meeting election.
“If the nation is doing good then the state will do good. And if the state is doing good, then our district will ultimately be in an excellent place. I’m not egocentric. Many leaders when they’re denied tickets, will stop the occasion, however Sumalatha Ambareesh will depart the MP seat and assist the BJP right this moment,” mentioned Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh.
Sumalatha was denied a ticket from Mandya as a result of the BJP and JD(S) alliance determined to area former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy for the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls as an NDA candidate.
Sumalatha had received the 2019 Lok Sabha election defeating former Prime Minister and JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda’s grandson and Kumaraswamy’s son, Nikhil Kumaraswamy. BJP then supported her to safe the victory.
Sumalatha, in an emotional speech, additionally took a dig at Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and requested her supporters to not ask her to contest from Congress Celebration, a celebration that doesn’t respect her.
“He (DK Shivakumar) mentioned they don’t want me of their occasion. I, too, am in no want of anybody. My husband Ambareesh was by no means hungry for politics and me, too,” mentioned Sumalatha.
She additional requested the Mandya voters whether or not they needed her to affix the occasion that didn’t respect their daughter-in-law. Her supporters replied ‘no’ in unanimously.
Sumalatha’s husband, Ambareesh, joined the Indian Nationwide Congress (INC) in 1994 and left the occasion in 1996 after the occasion denied him a ticket for state meeting elections, however he rejoined in 1999 and contested 5 elections since. Ambareesh served as minister of state for Data and Broadcasting within the 14th Lok Sabha however resigned over his dissatisfaction with the Cauvery Dispute Tribunal award.
After the demise of Ambareesh in 2018, Sumalatha Ambareesh entered full-fledged politics.
She additionally informed her supporters that the BJP did supply her Bengaluru (Rural), Mysuru, and Chikkaballapur seats, however she denied all of it as she was agency about her choice that if offered a ticket then she would wish to contest from Mandya solely.
Nevertheless, the BJP excessive command had requested her to not take any step that will have an effect on the occasion within the upcoming polls, however she has a brilliant future and the occasion will present her with extra alternatives.
With Sumalatha withdrawing herself from the race, Mandya is able to witness a direct contest between the Congress and the JD(S), a Vokkaliga heartland and bastion for each Congress and JD(S).
